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M: The Greek alphabet must have been invented by some individual who knew the Phoenician writing system and who wanted to have some way of recording Homeric epics and thereby preserving expressions of a highly developed tradition of oral poetry.
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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
P concludes that M is incorrect to hypothesize that the Greek alphabet was invented by someone who knew the Phoenician writing system and wanted to record Homer’s stories. P claims that writing down those stories would have been pointless for such an individual, who would already know those stories without writing them down. Also, no one else would know the newly-invented alphabet and be able to read the stories.
Identify and Describe Flaw
P argues that M’s hypothesis is not convincing because there would be no point for someone to write down a story that they knew, in a new alphabet. However, P’s argument can be criticized for overlooking some convincing possible reasons:
1) the writer might anticipate forgetting the story later, and
2) the writer might teach the new alphabet to others.
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